Amharic Bible

1: የክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እስር ጳውሎስ ወንድሙም ጢሞቴዎስ፥ ለተወደደውና አብሮን ለሚሠራ ለፊልሞና፥
2: ለእኅታችንም ለአፍብያ፥ ከእኛም ጋር አብሮ ወታደር ለሆነ ለአርክጳ፥ በቤትህም ላለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን፤
3: ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።
4-5: በጌታ በኢየሱስ ዘንድ በቅዱሳንም ሁሉ ዘንድ ስላለህ ስለ ፍቅርህና ስለ እምነትህ ሰምቼ፥ በጸሎቴ እያሳሰብሁ ሁልጊዜ አምላኬን አመሰግናለሁ፤
6: የእምነትህም ኅብረት፥ በእኛ ዘንድ ያለውን በጎ ነገር ሁሉ በማወቅ፥ ለክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ፍሬ እንዲያፈራ እለምናለሁ፤
7: የቅዱሳን ልብ በአንተ ስራ ስለ ዐረፈ፥ ወንድሜ ሆይ፥ በፍቅርህ ብዙ ደስታንና መጽናናትን አግኝቼአለሁና።
8: ስለዚህ የሚገባውን አዝህ ዘንድ በክርስቶስ ምንም እንኳ ብዙ ድፍረት ቢኖረኝ፥
9: ይልቁንም እንደዚህ የሆንሁ እኔ ጳውሎስ ሽማግሌው፥ አሁንም ደግሞ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እስር የሆንሁ፥ ስለ ፍቅር እለምናለሁ።
10-11: አስቀድሞ ስላልጠቀመህ፥ አሁን ግን ለእኔም ለአንተም ስለሚጠቅም በእስራቴ ስለ ወለድሁት ስለ ልጄ ስለ አናሲሞስ እለምንሃለሁ።
12: እርሱን እልከዋለሁ፤
13: አንተም ልቤ እንደሚሆን ተቀበለው። እኔስ በወንጌል እስራት ስለ አንተ እንዲያገለግለኝ ለራሴ ላስቀረው እፈቅድ ነበር፥
14: ነገር ግን በጎነትህ በፈቃድህ እንጂ በግድ እንዳይሆን፥ ሳልማከርህ ምንም እንኳ ላደርግ አልወደድሁም።
15: ተቀብለህ ለዘላለም እንድትይዘው ስለዚህ ምናልባት ለጊዜው ተለይቶሃልና፤
16: ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ እንደ ባሪያ አይሆንም፥ ነገር ግን ለእኔ በተለየ የተወደደ ወንድም ከሆነ፥ ለአንተማ ይልቅ በስጋውም በጌታም ዘንድ ከባሪያ የሚሻል የተወደደ ወንድም እንዴት አይሆንም።
17: እንግዲህ እንደ ባልንጀራ ብትቈጥረኝ፥ እንደ እኔ አድርገህ ተቀበለው።
18: በአንዳች ነገር የበደለህ ቢኖር ግን ወይም ብድር ያለበት እንደሆነ፥ ይህን በእኔ ላይ ቍጠር፤
19: እኔ ጳውሎስ። እኔ እመልሰዋለሁ ብዬ በእጄ እጽፋለሁ፤ ከዚህም በላይ ለእኔ የራስህ ደግሞ ብድር እንዳለብህ አልልህም።
20: አዎን፥ ወንድሜ ሆይ፥ በጌታ እኔ እንድጠቀምብህ ይሁን፤ በክርስቶስ ልቤን አሳርፍልኝ።
21: ከምልህ ይልቅ አብልጠህ እንድታደርግ አውቄ እንድትታዘዝም ታምኜ እጽፍልሃለሁ።
22: ደግሞ ከዚህም ጋር የማስተናገጃ ቤት አዘጋጅልኝ፤ በጸሎታችሁ ለእናንተ እንድሰጥ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁና።
23: በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ከእኔ ጋር የታሰረ ኤጳፍራ
24: አብረውኝም የሚሰሩ ማርቆስና አርስጥሮኮስ ዴማስም ሉቃስም ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሃል።
25: የጌታችን የኢሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋ ከመንፈሳችሁ ጋር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

1: Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,
2: And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:
3: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4: I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,
5: Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;
6: That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.
7: For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.
8: And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,
9: Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
10: My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,
11: Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:
12: Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:
13: Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:
14: But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
15: For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;
16: No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.
17: If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.
18: If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.
19: I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.
20: So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
21: Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.
22: And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.
23: Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;
24: And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my brother-workers.
25: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. So be it.

ፊልሞና 1 - Philemon